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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 20 drew heavily on accounts by an Austrian named ______________________who depicts Peter partying as the events in the previous chapters unfold.
(a) Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.
(b) Johann-Georg Korb.
(c) Georg-Johann Korb.
(d) Bernhard Victor Schmidt.

2. Chapter 21 reflected Peter was back at his highest priority, finding in his shipyards any waste, shortages, or ________.
(a) Punishable activities.
(b) Sullen workers.
(c) Rewardable efforts.
(d) New ideas.

3. How long did Peter work at the Dutch company to learn his trade?
(a) Four months.
(b) One year.
(c) Six months.
(d) Eight months.

4. How many Dutch specialists and officers did the "Great Embassy" send to Russia?
(a) 540.
(b) 560.
(c) 640.
(d) 460.

5. William III met Peter, long an admirer of his military exploits against _____________.
(a) The Greek Orthodox Church.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Protestantism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Patriarch Nikon, who challenged Alexis and sternly enforced his own views, was deposed in what year?

2. Peter could be easily identified and thronged until he was set up securely in which dockyard?

3. What happened to Sophia after her inner circle was tortured and Peter refused to see her?

4. In Chapter 12, Peter felt the need to shore up a dying anti-Turkish alliance and European worries grew regarding whose ambitions?

5. What happened to Peter's great fleet when he sent an envoy on the first Russian warship to enter the Black Sea?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Sophia became regent, what immediate test did she face?

2. What did Peter initially state was his aim in attacking Sweden in the Great Northern War?

3. Peter ventured into Holland with his Great Embassy for what purpose?

4. What was the youth of Charles XII of Sweden like?

5. What was Moscow like in Peter's youth?

6. Who was Russia's Fedor Golovin?

7. How did Sophia attempt to ensure that her brief state of thriving during Fedor's time continued following his death?

8. What sequence transpired that resulted in Peter coming to power?

9. What were some examples that reflected how seventeenth century European wars, despite deadliness and scope that steadily grew, still retained obedience of rules?

10. What were some ways Peter treated Anna Mons differently after he returned from his Great Embassy tour?

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